The Balochi Language: A Grammar and Manual

Yak
Yd.

one.

Do . •

two.

Sai

three.

Chidr

four.

Phanch .

)

Panj
Pach

v five.

Shash

six.

Hapt

1

Hav

v seven.

Hard .

1

HasJit
Hazhd

t eight.

Nuh

. nine.

Dah

. ten.

Ydzhdah

Ydzdah .

* I eleven.

Dwdzhdah
Dwdzdah .

' I twelve.

Senzdah .
Sezdah .

' I thirteen

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Chidrdah

Phdhzdah

Shdnzdah

Havdah .

Hazhdah

Nozdah

Nozd

Gist

Gist o yak

Si

Chhil

Phanjdh

Sai gist

Shast

Shastdd

Sai gist o dah

Haftdd

Chidr gist

Hashtdd .

Chidr gist o dah

Sadh

Sadh o yak

Shazh gist

Shash gist

Hapt gist

Hasht gist

Nuh gist

Do sadh

Hazdr

Hadhdr ,

Laic

Khor

fourteen.

fifteen.

sixteen.

seventeen.

eighteen.

nineteen.

twenty.

twenty-one.

thirty.

forty.

fifty.

sixty.

. seventy.

eighty.

ninety.

one hundred.

one hundred and one.

one hundred and twenty.

one hundred and forty,
one hundred and sixty.
one hundred and eighty,
two hundred.

. one thousand.

one hundred thousand.

ten millions ; many thousands.

Obs. The numeral khor is from the Hindi karor, one hundred lakhs,
Sanskrit koti. In Balochi it has the general meaning of f< many thousands '\
" millions".

52. The ordinals are formed by the addition of the syllable

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mi to the cardinals. This syllable mi is often heard pronounced
wL A few forms are irregular. After gist, twenty, that is in the
case of compound numbers, the particle mi is added to the second
member : e.g., gist yakurni, twenty-first, etc.

Auli
Pheshi .

* i first.

Duhmi .
Gudi

' J second.

Saimi .
Sohmi .

| third.

Chidrumi

. fourth.

Phanchumi .

. fifth.

Shashumi

sixth.

Haptumi

seventh.

Hashtumi

eighth.

Nuhmi .

ninth.

Dahmi

tenth.

Ydzdami

eleventh.

Dwdzdami

twelfth.

Senzdami

thirteenth.

Chidrdami

fourteenth.

Phdnzdami

fifteenth.

Shdnzdami

sixteenth.

Havdami

seventeenth

Hazhdami

eighteenth.

Nozdami

nineteenth.

Gistumi

twentieth.

Siumi

thirtieth.

Chillumi

fortieth.

Sadhumi

hundredth.

Hazdrumi

thousandth.

53. Fractional numbers end in ah, less frequently in ik.
Another method of denoting fractions is by adding the word
bahar, part, share, to the ordinals : e.g., sadhumi bahar, one-
hundredth.

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Nem
Nemagh
Saiak .

* I one-half.
. one-third.

Chidrak

. one-fourth.

Phanjak

one-fifth.

Sai pdo
Yak o nem

" I three-fourths.

Dedh .

one-and-a-half

Sddhodn

. one-half more.

Obs. Dedh is from the Hindi defh, and sddJwdfi from sdrhe,
meanings have not changed.

The

54. Multiples when they denote quantity, and answer to the
English word " fold ", are expressed by placing yak-e before the
cardinal numbers: e.g., yoke sal, three-fold; yoke chidr, four-
fold ; yoke phanch, fivefold, and so on. " Double/' however,
is dura, a corrupt form of the Urdu dohrd.

55. Another and less common method of expressing the
multiple idiom is got by adding sar to the cardinals : e.g., do sar,
double ; sai sar, treble, threefold, and so on. The word tal is
sometimes used to give this sense : e.g., sai tal, threefold ; chidr
hd, fourfold.

56. Multiples signifying time are expressed by adding the word
bar, time, turn, season, to the cardinals : e.g., do bar-dn, twice ;
sai bar-dn t thrice ; chidr bar-dn, four times, and so on with the
other numbers. " Once " makes, yd bar-e ; again, thi bar-e ; often,
bdz-e bar-dn.

57. All adjectives, including the numerals, may be used
substantively, and when so used may take the suffixes generally
used with the noun : e.g., duhmi-d gwashta ma na kh-d-an, the
second said that he would not come (the-second-by it was said
" I not shall come ").

THE

BALOCHI LANGUAGE

A GRAMMAR AND MANUAL.

BY

MAJOR GEORGE WATERS GILBERTSON.

Author of

ENGLISH-BALOCIlt DICTIONARY, ETC., M.R.A.S.,

NAGARf PRACHARINI SABHA, ETC.

ASSISTED BY

GHANO KHAN, HADDIANL

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.

PRINTED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN & SONS, LTD.,
HERTFORD.

1928.
(All rights reserved.)